Virginia trails · Trayfoot Mountain Trail
Trayfoot Mountain Trail
A 14.2-mile loop in Virginia, with 1,942 ft of climbing. Reaches Trayfoot Mountain. Managed by the National Park Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 45% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 4.7. It gives back about 3,189 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Trayfoot Mountain (summit)
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Getting there
Trayfoot Mountain Trail access. About 36 min drive (20 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Harrisonburg. 38.19810, -78.78916 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:56 a.m., the sun rises at 7:22 a.m. and sets at 6:39 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:05 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.2-mile route takes roughly 6 h 14 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:36 p.m. — 5 h 02 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Blackrock Spur Trail + Trayfoot Mountain Trail + Trayfoot Mountain Trail/Blackrock Hut Road — 2.8 mi loop, 606 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Riprap Trail — 1.8 mi
- Furnace Mountain Trail — 2.8 mi
- Brown Mtn Trail — 9.8 mi
- Massanutten South — 18.3 mi